Cistercian monks and Bohemian kings in the times of Peter of Zittau

Abstract

Messrs. Heidenreich of Sedlec and Conrad of Zbraslav (Aula Regia), abbots of the respective Cistercian monasteries, rose to prominent positions at the royal court of Wenceslas II of Bohemia (1283-1305).

Both gentlemen enjoyed their exceptional status even after the extinction of the Přemyslid dynasty, and in the time of the ascent of a new Luxemburg dynasty to the royal throne of Bohemia.

Keywords

• Cistercian
• monks
• Bohemian
• kings
• times
• Peter
• Zittau